Chronicles Of The Vampire Kingdom

by ArtGuru

Many dimensions were formed by a dark source in Mobious's own universe, but one such dimension suffered colossal damage and was said to even had been one with Mobious itself once. It could have been peaceful, but one such evil born in Mobious itself had doomed it from the beginning. Mephiles The Dark.

4. The Flames Of Envy

It was weeks after Margo's funeral, and two very sneaky pairs of eyes had been watching since the fire that burned down Andy's home.

One with the white of one of the eyes red and other normal with blue eye color, the other with whites of both eyes red but not pupils to be seen.

"Hmm…" one of the two suddenly murmured.

"What are you thinking Andy?" the other asked.

"I think I'd like to make myself a servant. But I want it to be her," he hissed in reply.

"Well, we can't exactly be authorized to have her reborn...But we could always make one ourselves…"

Andy smirked and snickered, "Good idea…"

"But first, we'll need a blood sample," the other stated.

Andy's smirk just became wider, and he laughed.

Shadow was wandering about the forest, he wasn't sure why however. Perhaps he just needed some air. He heard voices once he was about to reach the lake suddenly.

He jumped into the trees, and hid. He was surprised to see Enu and another girl. Enu was known for being born in the Blackmist Forest, and is usually believed to be the one that kills the vampires that wander in it.

The other went by the name Tira, and bared a ring blade at all times. They both seemed to be arguing however, "Nice one idiot! Now the whole entirety of the spirit world is gonna have our asses!"

"Oh please, they couldn't do anything to us if they wanted to. Besides, it's going to be well worth it," Enu turned, revealing that he was holding a sleeping baby. But once the baby awoke, it began crying.

Enu growled, "God dammit shut up!"

Tira rolled her eyes, "You're an idiot, of course it's crying! It's a fucking baby!"

"Well if you're such an expert on it why don't you hold it?!" he yelled, carelessly tossing the baby into her arms.

She growled, "Hell no! I hate babies! They always make a mess of things!"

She too tossed the baby, but out of Enu's reach. Luckily however, Shadow was able to catch it. Enu didn't turn in time to see it and Tira wasn't really looking.

They went back to arguing, and the baby seemed to calm down once it saw Shadow. Shadow smiled at it, "It's alright. I won't hurt you."

The baby smiled and giggled, pushing it's hands on Shadow's cheeks, "Bap!"

Shadow made him take his hands off however, and rolled his eyes. He also noticed that he could sense strong levels of power coming from the baby.

"Whao...that's a lot for just an infant…" he said.

In a flash of light, he was gone with the baby, and had appeared right on the doorstep of his home. He stood up, and went inside.

"Tailsica?! I um...have a present for you…!" he said nervously.

"Coming!" she yelled back, coming out of the kitchen with haste. She quickly noticed the baby, "Aww! How adorable! He's so cute I could pinch his little cheeks!"

She took the baby from his husband's arms, and began cradling it, "Where on Earth did you get such a cute little thing?"

"W-Well...um...Funny story actually...I sorta...found him with er...E-Enu…!" he grinned nervously.

"Why would Enu have a baby?" Tailsica gasped and quickly began to look at the baby's body for anything that he might of gotten hurt on.

"I'm not sure...but I think I might have an idea. I can sense energy from others, being able to harness the power of the emeralds. This child has a strong amount of energy coursing through him," Shadow explained.

"Really? He's practically a newborn! How is that possible?" she asked.

"I'm not sure, but they mentioned they stole it from the spirits, which means he must have been a reborn for something important."

"...Then let's keep him."

"Wh-What?"

"I kinda miss having kids around. Besides, he might help lift up that temper of yours," she giggled.

Shadow grumbled under his breath, but nonetheless agreed with his wife.

The years began to pass by, eventually Paula grew up into a more mature young women, who took care of her father more than herself.

Shadic had been drinking for a long time, and had even resorted to smashing his own possessions, avoiding Paula's room.

Paula nonetheless maintained a steady relationship with her father, despite his nature. She never bothered him about her school life or anything however.

Every day she would be cornered by the same three boys, beaten and pushed around in the forest. They were angry that their friend was dating her, and wasn't hanging out with them as much.

His name was Henry, a prince from the forbidden lands, and the son of HellFrame himself. Not many people would talk to him in school.

But he managed to make a few friends who thought their own king was a poor excuse and would rather Henry's father instead.

Paula however, didn't tell her father about her and Henry either. She knew he despised those from the forbidden land, and wouldn't understand that Henry was different.

But one day, rather than cornering her in the forest, the three boys caught her right outside her house. "Wh-What're you doing here?!"

"Oh, just here to deliver your daily beating," one boy said, cracking his knuckles.

"My father will catch you! And you'll wish you were dead!" she yelled.

"Why you little...c'mon, let's pound this bitch!" he ordered, and all three boys cornered her, beating her, and kicking her.

She cried as they taunted her. Calling her names like "bitch" and "slut." Suddenly however, she heard two of the boys scream.

The first saw them run, "Hey! What're you guys doing?!" He turned, only to have a knife stabbed right into his heart.

Paula looked up, and couldn't believe what she saw. The boy looked up, and saw Shadic was holding the other end of the knife, glaring at the boy.

The boy struggled, but eventually fell over, and knife slide right out. Shadic kneeled down and pushed the boy's eyelids shut, "Shh...just go to sleep…"

Paula sobbed as she finally managed to get up, "P-Papi…!" She squeaked.

That's when Shadic seemed to snap out of it, he shot up, realising instantly what he had just done. He dropped the knife, "Pr-Princess…! I…"

He stayed quiet for a few short moments, "...h-help me hide the body…"

Paula was still shocked, but she nodded. They never spoke of it after that, as if nothing happened. It was a few short days after that Shadic began to crack.

Paula was out as usual, when he was trying to move the couch back to where it was. He noticed a camera underneath once he lifted it and grabbed it.

He began scrolling through the photos on it. Paula's first day of school, Paula's birthdays, even vacation photos. But near the end of the film was one photo that caused Shadic to drop the camera.

It was a picture of Paula and Henry lying together, smiling. Shadic stayed silent, then growled.

That night when Paula returned home, things took a turn for the worst. She opened the door, and turned her head to see a beer bottle heading her way.

She quickly ducked, but the bottle had hit the wall beside her. She looked up to see her own father, eyes glowing red with hatred, "YOU FUCKIN' TRAITOR!"

Paula became scared, "Wh-What do you mean?"

"DON' PLAY GAMES WITH ME!" he said, wobbling as he was clearly drunk, "YER HANGIN' 'ROUND THAT DAMN HELL-LANDER!"

"P-Papi listen to me I can explain!"

"I DON' NEED YER EXPLANATORY BULLSHIT, GO TO YER ROOM!"

"No! Just listen to me I-"

"I SAID GO TO YER ROOM!"

"UGH! I HATE YOU! YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME!" Paula snapped. She ran upstairs crying and locked herself in her room.

That night, it seemed Shadic couldn't sleep. It was distressing to say the least. He sighed, "Oh Margo...help me here...what am I supposed to do…?"

Paula awoke to a strange noise. It sounded like laughter, but also crying. She rubbed her eyes and opened her door, looking out into the hallway.

The sound seemed to come from her father's room. She went down the hall and pushed the door open, but the bed was empty.

She then noticed the light coming from the cracked opened bathroom door. She went over and pushed it open, rubbing her eyes again, "Papi are you alri-"

Paula was suddenly wide awake when the sight before her sank in. Shadic was looking into a bathroom mirror, a bloody knife in hand.

He had carved a smiley face into his chest, and had a blue jacket wrapped around his waist. He turned to look at his daughter, a twisted grin on his face, "Do you like it princess…?"

Paula cringed at the sight, and was tempted to vomit just thinking about it. She turned and ran out of the house quickly, grabbing her phone off the kitchen counter and hiding in the closest tree.

Shadic had ran after her, but was too late to see where she had hidden. "OH?! YOU WANT TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK?! OKAY THEN...LET'S PLAY PRINCESS…!" he yelled, and ran off.

Paula sobbed, and dialed Tailsica's number as it began to rain. Tailsica answered surprisingly, "Paula…? What is it, it's three in the morning…"

Paula sobbed, "Th-There's something...wrong...with papi…!"

Tailsica suddenly sounded wide awake, "What happened? What's wrong?"

"He...he's...I saw him...he cut a smiley face into his chest...and he ran after me…! He's gone but...I-I don't know what to do…!"

"I'll be right over, okay? Stay where you are," she said, hanging up.

Shadic meanwhile was running around aimlessly, trying to find Paula. He eventually spotted another running around and skidded to a hault.

The figure itself ran over to him and halted as well. It was Tailsica.

"Shadic, what the fuck are you doing?! Where's Paula?!"

"Oh Tailsica, come to spoil my fun? I thought you were all about this sort of thing. I'm surprised you've been able to lie so long."

"Th-That's different, do you even realise you're scaring your own daughter?!"

"Oh it's all in good fun. Now, why don't you join the game too? I assure you, you'll have lots of fun."

"Don't make me do this Shadic, I don't wish to hurt you. Put the knife down, we can talk about this."

"Oh, I'm afraid I can't do that, and you don't have the guts...Terrisa."

Tailsica suddenly let out a scream of pure rage and lunged at Shadic, but he dodged to the side and grabbed a lock of her hair.

"Ah ah ah, thats no way to have fun," Shadic cooed as he pressed his knife against Tailsica's throat.

"You son of a bitch...I swear I will kill you.." Tailsica growled.

"Awww but we we're having so much fun together!" Shadic chuckled madly. This only made Tailsica madder.

She drove her elbow into his stomach, making Shadic let out a grunt of pain.

She grabbed the knife and kicked Shadic down before sitting on his stomach and holding the knife right above his eye.

"Don't make me do this Shadic…" She growled.

Shadic stared up at the knife that had turned against him before he suddenly scowled.

"NO ONE...TOUCHES...MISTER...STABBY..." Shadic's voice was different now, but Tailsica had no time to ponder as he grabbed her wrist and yanked her arm.

Tailsica let out a gasp as Shadic managed to get his feet on her stomach and flip them over to where he was on top of her now.

He then yanked the knife out of Tailsica's grasp and glared down at her.

"You're no longer allowed to play my game Tailsica. I will let you live, but with a price," He growled.

Tailsica stared up in fear at Shadic as he lifted the knife, and drove it into her shoulder. She let out a scream of pain as she felt the knife twist inside her shoulder before being yanked out.

"Bye Tailsica! I'll see you again one day," Shadic smirked before he got off the woman and walked away, but stopped before getting ten feet away from her.

He walked back and kneeled down to Tailsica and getting close to her face.

"Oh. And I know that you won't be able to lie your way out of this little, 'accident,' Terrisa." With that, Shadic was gone.

Tailsica slowly stood up and held her bleeding shoulder, it felt out of place, must of been dislocated.

Slowly she growled but knew she couldn't stay in this condition for long, so she turned, and slowly walked back to Shadic's house, where she knew she would find Paula.

Upon coming to the house, she heard sobbing, but it was clearly outside. She looked around, "Paula! It's me! You're safe!"

Slowly Paula climbed out of the tree she was in, and ran up and hugged Tailsica. Tailsica cringed, due to the wound in her shoulder.

Paula noticed the smell, and let go, "Gr-Gramma...Did he do that to you…?"

"More or less, yeah...listen Paula, he's insane. I don't think he's coming back anytime soon. Sorry to tell you."

Paula looked down, "I don't understand...why would he do this…?"

"I don't know sweetie," Tailsica sighed, seeming defeated.

After that, Paula seemed to slowly put her foot down. She started, by ordering the castle guards to search for her father. Then she began to become more bitter thought still mature.

She was definitely more commanding, and like a princess should be. She slowly began developing a hatred for her father, and began writing up his sentence when he was caught.

She carefully watched the reports on the news, and from her guards as well. He was quiet at first, until they found the first victim.

Her name was Tiffany, she was a bat with blue fur that was known by the police for a rape charge filed years ago. She had cuts everywhere, and was too traumatized to speak.

Paula knew it was her father, because the investigators found a large smiley face drawn in blood on one of the walls. That eventually became his calling card and they tracked him with it.

Paula was determined to capture him, and everytime she saw a photo of him, she wanted to strangle him, torture him, make him feel pain like he's never felt before. And that would not change in the coming years.

Andy stood back, admiring the progress of his work. A small girl, positioned as a fetus was floating in a green tube, fangs slightly poking from her mouth.

"Good, everything is going according to plan. Soon she will be alive, and ready to serve me…!" he stated.

"I wouldn't quite count on it being a complete success so far as orders go," the same shadowy figure from earlier said.

"What makes you say that Master Riku? I am creating a half bred not a pure blood."

"Think again idiot."

The figure pointed out small black wings poking out of the girl's back. Andy scowled, "Oh damn it all! A black blood of all things! How am I supposed to command a bloody black blood?!"

"Perhaps, it could work to our advantage."

"How so?"

"Black bloods kill everything don't they?"

Andy stayed quiet but then smirked, and both chuckled madly.

The next few weeks the girl began developing quickly, and just as it looked like Andy was going to have his way, things shifted against his favor.

It was a full moon, and there was a small hole in the ceiling, due to Andy's misusage of his own powers. The moonlight shone on the tube.

In an instant the girl's eyes snapped open, and shifted to look at Andy, who's back was turned. Suddenly, he heard a crashing noise, like glass breaking, and turned to see the tube was shattered, the liquid keeping the girl alive pouring out.

She stood up, and spread out her wings, hissing at him.

He growled, "Damn it all…! Come here! Obey!"

The girl shook her head and hissed, and suddenly flew up and out the hole in the ceiling. She was too fast for him to even think about following.

The girl kept flying, eventually reaching a rather foggy town. Due to the fog, it was difficult to see, and she crashed into a pole, falling to the ground and breaking one of her wings.

The girl woke up the next morning, but she was in a nightgown, and had no memory of the night before. She noticed she was in a rather dirty bed.

She looked around, and bumped into a door. Glancing up she opened it, and walked out, only to bump into another girl. They both fell to the ground and rubbed their heads.

When she looked up, she noticed the girl she had bumped into was at least a teenager. She had long ears, lavender fur and purple hair. She was clearly a dog.

"Oh...I'm sorry! Are you okay…?" she squeaked, standing up and helping the other girl do the same.

"Y-Yeah...I'm fine...it's alright. It happens," she assured her.

"Where am I? Who are you?"

"You're in the orphanage of...well...an orphanage. And my name is Perrywinkle. What's yours?" Perrywinkle asked,

"I...I don't have a name…"

"Hmm...how about Margo?"

"Margo?" The girl questioned.

"Just seems to fit."

"Okay... M-Margo it is…" Margo whispered, almost shyly.

Shadic was washing up in his new home. It was an abandoned cabin that was practically falling apart far into the woods.

He growled, "Stupid bitch, why must she get in my way? Oh boo hoo, your daddy's gone, so what? I'm in control now! Just feeling that tingling sensation whenever Andy toys with his mind is wonderful."

He began to pace, "Let's see...who else is on the list for his vendetta…? Ah...yes...that green one, what's his name? Kelvin, yes Kelvin."

Shadic then grabbed his knife, and headed for the door.

Kelvin, meanwhile, was in the market, intimidating his way out of paying for his items. Andy was watching himself, and noticed Shadic was disguised in the crowd of shoppers.

He smirked, and used his powers to cause a little pack of gum Kelvin was holding to slip into an alleyway. Shadic noticed this, and quickly hid in it's shadows.

Kelvin rolled his eyes, and gave chase to the rogue pack of gum. However, once he kneeled down to grab it, he felt something grab him, and put a cloth over his mouth.

He kicked, and tried to scream, but found himself getting sleepy, and was soon unconscious.

When Kelvin awoke, he found himself tied to a table that seemed to be lifted in the air.

"Ngh… Where… Where am I?" Kelvin rasped.

"Hello Kelvin," A voice whispered in the dark, "I'm so glad you're awake,"

"What the-?! Where am I!? Who are you?!" Kelvin yelled.

"Oh but it would ruin the fun~!" the voice cooed.

"I swear I will fucking kill you if y-" Kelvin didn't finish his sentence as a knife flew out of the darkness and stuck to the wood right next to his ear.

It took only a moment before Kelvin felt blood trickle down his ear. The knife had cut him.

"Learn to be patient Kelvin. I don't want to hurt you more than I have to. I actually want to keep you alive. For now." The voice said as a figure came out of the darkness.

Kelvin couldn't see the person's face because he wore a hood and the shadows helped hide his identity.

"Who the hell are you..?"

"All in due time. All in due time…" The man said as he went up to Kelvin and yanked the knife away.

"What the hell do you plan on doing with me?!" Kelvin yelled.

He began to struggle against the straps holding him to the table, amazed at how strong the bonds were.

"Oh stop struggling. It's no use. Anyways, I have something for you!" The man suddenly sounded happy as he vanished back into the shadows.

Kelvin waited a moment before the man came back with a syringe in his hand.

"W-What's that for..?" Kelvin's voice started to crack, he was starting to get scared.

"Oh, just something for the pain!"

"What?!" Kelvin suddenly let out a yelp of pain as he felt the needle go into his arm and he was injected with whatever was inside of the syringe.

Whatever it was that the man gave him, it worked fast, within moments of the injection, Kelvin was numb and he was a bit delusional.

"Hm. What did I give you?" The man's voice questioned and he looked at the syringe. "Oh. Morphine. I heard it was addictive. Oh well. We'll see! Time to begin!"

Kelvin looked up with unfocused eyes as he saw the knife come at him and slice into his arm. He couldn't feel it at all!

The man chuckled a bit seeing Kelvin wide eyed at his own blood, and continued with the arm for a moment, making sure not to hit anything vital, before turning to Kelvin's torso.

"Oh no. Your shirt is in the way. Time to cut it!" The man grabbed Kelvin's shirt and sliced it down the middle, exposing his victim's bare chest.

"N... No…!" Kelvin managed to choke out in his drugged state, thinking that the man was going to do other things to him.

"Now now Kelvin. I don't do anything that you're thinking. I just like seeing blood."

The man continued his work on Kelvin, carving little designs into his victim's skin and eventually settling with a smiley face on Kelvin's stomach area.

"Wh...Why are... You doin' this...?"

"Oh Kelvin. It's a game!" The man cooed as he pointed the knife at Kelvin's eye.

"Who… Who are you...?"

"Me?" The man chuckled and took off his hood, revealing himself to be Shadic.

"I'm your worst nightmare."

Shadic scowled and slowly slid the knife into Kelvin's eye. Kelvin still could not feel anything as he watched in horror as his eye got pulled out of it's socket, only held by a cord into his head.

Shadic took the eye in his hand and severed the cord with the knife.

"I think I'm done here for today. Don't worry, I won't let you bleed out Kelvin. I need you here for a little while." Shadic said.

Kelvin didn't say anything, he had passed out when he saw his eye get cut out. Shadic rolled his eyes and went back into the shadows before coming back with some bandages.

He bandaged up Kelvin twice before the bleeding stopped and he checked for his victim's pulse, still there.

"Good. Tomorrow we get more fun. Maybe I can get you addicted to morphine as well!" Shadic spoke to Kelvin's sleeping body before he unstrapped the man from the table and dragged him away.

For three days Shadic repeated his process on Kelvin, tie him up, morphine, and cut. But Shadic knew if he kept this up Kelvin would run out of blood for him to see, so he stopped after day three to let Kelvin rest.

Shadic dragged the drugged man into his basement and used the only set of chains he could find to keep Kelvin still before giving Kelvin some water that he had stole from a market.

"Why... Keeping me... Alive...?" Kelvin murmured.

"I need you alive Kelvin. The authorities won't get me if i have a hostage. So long as you stay alive, I won't get shoved into jail."

Shadic ears flicked as he heard a growl, it was a stomach growl.

"You must be hungry… I'll get you some food. Stay here."

"I have… No choice…" Kelvin murmured before he passed out.

Shadic sighed and heard his own stomach growl, he hasn't had food in a few days, just like Kelvin. May as well go see the traps he set up throughout the forest.

He left Kelvin and left the house, putting the hood of his hoodie up and diving into the bushes.

He came home a few hours later with a dead rabbit and a dead squirrel in his hand. Shadic stayed outside while he skinned and gutted the animals before he went back inside to an old stove.

Shadic started a fire in the stove and put the squirrel and rabbit right on top of the fire. Soon the air filled with the smell of cooking meat, and soon the food was ready to eat.

Shadic got the meat out of the fire with his knife and went down to Kelvin to see him awake and with a drug hangover.

"Owwww…" Kelvin whimpered as every movement he did caused a wave of pain to wash through him.

"Here, have the rabbit. You need more meat than me." Shadic said as he handed the rabbit to him.

"... Thanks." Kelvin said as he took the rabbit and tore a chunk out with his teeth.

They both ate in silence. After they ate, Kelvins' pains got worse on a full stomach.

"Do you...Got anymore morphine?" Kelvin whimpered.

"You're asking for it now?"

"Please... It hurts too much...!"

"Fine." Shadic said as he pulled out a syringe from his hoodie pocket and stuck the needle into Kelvin, injecting the morphine into Kelvin's system.

Soon Kelvin sighed as the pain faded and then he passed out once again.

The next day, Shadic began playing with his victim's mind while he worked, "I don't know why, but I expected better of you. For a bully, you're such a baby."

Kelvin sniffled, not receiving any morphine prior to the procedure no matter how many times he asked.

"Oh shush. At least you're still alive." Shadic said as he made a gash against Kelvin's inner thigh, causing the male to yelp and try to close his legs, but to no avail.

"Now Kelvin, hold still or I might hit an artery." Shadic said.

"WHY DON'T YOU KILL ME AND GET IT OVER WITH?!" Kelvin screamed.

Shadic suddenly grabbed Kelvin around his neck and squeezed to where the man was choking to get some air. He glared into Kelvin's remaining eye.

"I told you. I don't want to kill you. Now learn to shut up you worthless peice of shit or I wont feed you tonight." Shadic said coldly.

Kelvin could see black at the edges of his vision as he struggled to breath, but Shadic refused to release his hold for another minute before letting go.

Kelvin gasped the wonderful breath of air and coughed, feeling his neck hurting and still slightly struggling to breath. Then he passed out.

"Poor thing... Been through a lot in the little time I've had him… Maybe he wants a friend… Yeah… That must be it." Shadic suddenly smirked before he took Kelvin back to his holding place and left his house.

When Kelvin awoke he saw a face in front of him, looking asleep.

"J-Jennifer...?!" Kelvin yelped, tears flowing down his face.

"I got you a friend Kelvin!" Shadic popped his head up next to Jennifer, "Unfortunately she didn't want to come quietly, so I had to cut her up quite a bit. Made a bit of a mess before I could drag her."

"Did... Did you... Kill her?"

"No. Not yet. But if she screams while she's here I'm going to have to. I can't have people screaming their lungs out to reveal where I am."

"D-Don't hurt her anymore... I'll do anything just... Leave her be..!"

"Oh? Does Kelvin actually give a shit for once? Well, don't worry. I just wanted you to have a friend." Shadic said before dragging Jennifer to the opposite wall and chaining her up.

Then he checked to make sure she didn't have anything she could use to break free of her chains. Afterwards he looked to Kelvin.

"As long as she keeps her voice down, no harm will come to her, tell her that when she awakens." With that, Shadic left.

It didn't take long for Jen to wake up after Shadic left.

"Hnn...? Where...? Where am I?" Jennifer murmured.

"J-Jen...! I-I'm so glad you're okay! L-Look, you shouldn't make too much noise down here okay?"

"What...? Kelvy...? What are you talking about?"

"Shadic, he-he's worse than what we saw on the news. I've been here for days, possibly weeks, I don't know, but he's gone mad. He told me that if you make too much noise, he will kill you."

"What did he do to you? Y-Your eye…!"

"He did all of this to me, don't worry though, f-for the most part he's been giving me morphine for the pain. And whatever else he's doing, I haven't gotten any infections."

"I'm going to knock that fucker's teeth out for this! Just like we used to do in high school, c'mon Kelvy, get a grip! He wants you to be afraid!"

"But... Jen... How do we get out? All of our stuff is taken, and I am in no state to run."

"Then we have to improvise. C'mon Kelvy, we've intimidated people just by burning them with a cigarette. Surely there's something he fears."

"Well we haven't exactly become the best of friends since I've been here!" Kelvin snapped.

"We weren't friends with his dumb faggot friend either but we found a way to get him to know his place. It's the only way we're gonna get the hell outta here. And so help me I will rip out his eyeballs the first chance I get."

Kelvin just growled and turned to his side, feeling pain flare up in his wounds and visibly flinched.

"Let's… Let's just think over it for a while…" Kelvin whimpered.

Jennifer sighed, she had never seen Kelvin like this since elementary school. Whatever that man whore did to Kelvy musta messed 'im up real bad Jennifer thought.

Soon a barely familiar face returned to the basement, and Jennifer seemed on the edge of laughing, "Pfft...is that you Shadic? You look stupid."

Without warning, she received a slap across the face, "How dare you?! I'm gonna fuckin' break all your limbs once I break free!"

"Oh...I don't think that will happen. Take one good look at your fuck buddy Jenny. Cause it's exactly how you're going to be once he gives up. And I can tell that he's coming close," Shadic hissed, seeming in a particularly bad mood.

Jennifer just spat in his face and began cursing and screaming at him. Shadic didn't even acknowledge her after that, and focused on Kelvin.

"S-Shadic…?" Kelvin whimpered.

"It makes me wonder how close I can get to your manliness till you're screaming to keep you balls." Shadic said as he pulled out a knife.

"What?! N-No! Please no!" Kelvin yelped and tried to scoot away, but Shadic grabbed his leg and made a deep gash on Kelvin's inner thigh causing the male to scream in pain.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP OR I TAKE OUT YOUR OTHER EYE," Shadic hissed and made another gash, closer to the crotch area on Kelvin.

"No! Stop!" Kelvin struggled against Shadic.

Shadic finally lashed out and swiped his knife across Kelvin's face, causing the male to scream as blood poured out from the wound.

"Maybe I'll leave you alone when you're broken, but right now, no. NOW HOLD STILL!" Shadic growled before turning back to Kelvin's leg and making another gash.

"STOP!" Jennifer finally screamed.

Shadic snapped back to look at her.

"KNOCK IT OFF YOU...YOU FUCKER!" she screamed again.

"You want me to leave him alone? Fine. You've earned yourself a good lashing anyways," he snapped as he walked over to her.

He grabbed a hammer, and tore off her shoes. He then began slamming the hammer on each of her toes. She screamed in agony.

This only made Kelvin more distraught, but despite his pleads, Shadic continued to keep his focus on Jennifer. Once he had broken all her toes, he stared at her fingernails.

They were painted purple to match her highlights. Jennifer saw he had red eyes rather than the blue ones she knew from her school days, but she could clearly see they were half in half in that moment. He scowled, "I hate purple."

He grabbed a set of tweezers, and began pulling off the defenseless girl's fingernails. She kept screaming and crying, causing black streaks that was once mascara to pour down her cheeks along with her tears.

Eventually Shadic became fed up with her constant screaming and crying, and grabbed a needle and some thread.

He began sewing her mouth shut, struggling to keep her head still the whole endeavor. Eventually he managed to pull it off, though Jennifer was still trying prefusely to scream at him.

Shadic began ripping out her hair, but only the bits with highlights, and finally returned to Kelvin. He grinned, "So Kelvin...do you like what you see?"

Kelvin was breathing heavily and tears were streaming down his face, "W-Why… Why…"

"Because I wanted to. I think I'm done for the night.. Goodnight Kelvin." With that Shadic left the room.

Kelvin's mind was shattered, he didn't know what to do at the moment other than curl into a ball and rock back and forth in pure fear.

Jennifer however, was still struggling, seeming to have more fight in her. But the fact that Shadic had done what he did to her didn't make her so violent in this moment.

It was the fact he did it to torture Kelvin, and that was something she could never stand. She growled through her sewn mouth and didn't stop struggling the whole night. Even when Shadic had come back the next day she was still struggling.

Shadic began to grow more impatient with the girl however as the days went by. He kept by his promise to Kelvin that he would keep him alive, but he never said anything about Jennifer.

He smirked, knowing this and decided it was time to break Kelvin for good. One day in visiting them for their "treatment" he went straight to Jennifer, as opposed to Kelvin first.

He leaned down and whispered sadistically in her ear, "I hope you were expecting to go out like the bitch you are, because that's precisely what you're going to do today."

Jennifer futilely attempted to scream, but with her mouth still sewn shut, she was practically silent. But her eyes widened when he forced her to lay back on the cold floor.

She looked up, and saw he was holding a cinderblock. He grinned, and chuckled a bit, "Say goodnight forever, Jenny! Cause it's going to be long nap~!"

Jennifer finally cracked, and began to cry, seeming to attempt to plead for mercy through her muffled lips. Kelvin however was covering his ears, trying hard to believe that it wasn't real.

But blood splattered on his cheek, and he finally lost it, and he screamed higher than he had ever screamed down in that room.

Shadic laughed maniacally, "Aww, what's that matter Kelvy?! Can't take it?!"

"Just...kill...me…" he suddenly said, sounding more calm than before.

"Kill you? I make the rules here. You're not done until I say you are," Shadic snapped.

"Just do it already… I have nothing now…" Kelvin whispered.

"No. You still have a lesson to learn. And unless I get caught or you die from blood loss, you are not leaving this world." Shadic growled.

"You're just a murderous fiend…" Kelvin whimpered before his mind finally went into shock, and he passed out.

Margo and Perrywinkle were staring up a tall wall that kept their area cut off from the rest of the world. "You really wanna do this?"

"Yeah. I need to find out who I am. And someone knows it," Margo replied, her voice a bit shaky.

"Well. Now or never I suppose," Perrywinkle said with a shrug.

Margo reluctantly spread out her wings, for she had always hated them. She then grabbed Perrywinkle, and carefully flew over the wall. Once they landed, they noticed it was just as misty as their home.

Not only that, but barren, dead trees and bushes were scattered everywhere, and a small swamp was in the distance.

"I've got a bad feeling about this place," Perrywinkle said nervously. Margo folded her wings, and glanced around like a curious puppy.

Her eyes locked on a shadowy figure walking towards them. And she panicked, "Wh-Who's there?!"

The figure stepped forward, and it was none other than Enu himself, "Hmm...looks just like her mother...and is just as cowardly too…!"

Margo began to sniffled, ready to cry. Perrywinkle scowled, "Beat it! We're busy!"

"Oh? And what're you gonna do if I don't brat?" he snapped.

Perrywinkle gulped, and backed away with Margo nervously, "I-I'm gonna...RUN AWAY!"

The two girls began speeding away from the creature as it gave chase, not stopping for a moment, turning any way they had to.

Suddenly, Margo tripped on a rock, knocking Perrywinkle down in the process and causing them to tumble downwards.

They eventually stopped, and rolled into a flourishing, green bush. This confused them, but stayed quiet. They heard footsteps reach near them, a growl, then more footsteps, only they faded off.

They both gave out a sigh of relief, and stood up. They noticed they were out of the mist, and in a forest that was more lively than the previous one.

Margo turned to Perrywinkle, "So...is this where your map is supposed to be?"

Perrywinkle looked at her map carefully, and nodded. They began off on their journey. However, Margo seemed even more distraught than before they left.

What Perrywinkle didn't know, is that Margo was having ludicrous nightmares, and hearing voices in her head. Eventually, she began talking to herself, as if she had made an imaginary friend.

This irritated Perrywinkle, since Margo was older than that, and thought she was just being ridiculous. Eventually, she addressed it directly, "Margo...you know this...Andy guy isn't real right?"

"He is real! I know he is! You wouldn't know!" Margo snapped.

"Chill out! I don't want you going crazy!"

"I AM NOT...CRAZY!" she screamed, her voice sounding more demonic each word she spat. Her black wings spread out, and her eyes reverted to a red hue. She stood up, and her fangs grew out.

Perrywinkle's eyes widened at the sight, and she flinched when Margo hissed at her. However, Margo, rather than pouncing on Perrywinkle, flew off.

Perrywinkle noticed the moon was full. And sighed.

Margo meanwhile flew around seeming to rely on animal instinct. While flying, she noticed a small figure by a lake.

She hissed, and flew down, grabbing it, and tossing her onto the top of a tree. She noticed she looked familiar. She pulled out a photo she had been keeping in her pocket and looked back and forth.

Though Margo didn't know, it was Paula. She had been going to the lake to try and comprehend her situation every night for years.

Margo sniffed her, then grabbed her again, so violently she accidentally broke one of Paula's arms. Paula screamed and cried in pain, causing Margo to let go from the sudden loud noises.

Margo's ears flicked up, hearing more screaming, and noticed she had dropped her. She flew down, and quickly grabbed her once more, and put her on the ground, flying off.

Paula's eye twitched, "Was that...my mom…?!"

The next morning, Perrywinkle woke up, and saw no sign of her friend. She sighed, packed up, and headed off once more. Eventually she came by a gravestone near a lake.

She read the engravement, mentioning a wife, mother, and friend, but not being able to see the name. She shrugged, and turned to leave, but suddenly felt something hit her face, and she landed on the ground.

She propped herself up, then sat up, rubbing her cheek, "What the fu-"

She got hit again, and finally looked up, seeing an angry gray wolf that looked like the one in the photo Margo was always carrying, but older, taller, and the mark on his bangs was different.

He seemed angry, "What the hell dude?! You got a problem or somethin'?!"

"GET...AWAY...FROM HER…" he growled through his clenched teeth.

Perrywinkle glanced at the grave, then back to the enraged wolf, "Oh...s-sorry I meant no disrespec-"

"LIES!" he suddenly screamed, and began beating the helpless girl.

However, he was suddenly tackled down by a blur of orange and black. He looked up, and it was none other than Margo herself.

She still looked like she had when she ran off the night before, wings spread out as well. She growled, "DON'T...TOUCH...HER…"

"Y-You...you're...that's n-not possible…!" he began to stammer.

"SHUT UP! You've caused enough trouble for your own personal death sentence...but I will let you go...if you will leave here at once…!"

She got off the confused wolf, and he ran off. Her wings folded, and her eyes became blue once more as her fangs began to shrink.

"Are you okay Perry?" she asked, helping her friend up.

"I-I'm fine. What was that about?"

"Nothing. Let's just keep going."

The two headed off together once more, eventually coming across someone else. It was when Margo noticed a small hut that had a pathway going away from it.

Margo had her friend stay outside, and carefully walked in. "Welcome weary traveler, I trust you are here for answers?"

Margo seemed to stiffen, "Wh-Who's there…? I'll hurt you if you try anything…!"

The voice laughed, "No no. I am not going to do that child. Would you like me to tell you your future?"

"Um...I don't have any money…" she said, timidly.

"I do not want your money, just your trust in me," it said, as a figure walked out of the shadows of the dimly lit hut. It was a rather strange looking creature, her bangs covering her face, and wearing a brown dirty cloak.

"...o-okay…" Margo said, still unsure.

"Come. Sit. I will give you some tea, yes?"

"Alright. Sure."

Margo took a scrunchie from her pocket, and put up her hair. She had a rather strange thing about it whenever she ate or had a drink.

The woman set the tea in front of her, and introduced herself as Zersa. She moved a crystalline ball onto the table, and blew out a couple candles.

"What is your name child?"

"M-Margo."

"Margo, I want you to look deep into the ball. Look hard, and look long. What do you see?"

"I...I see...my friend...Andy...he's...he's burning everything! A village! He's...he's taking some girl and...oh no…! No no no…!"

"Calm Margo. Deep breaths. Look for some hope. Where do you see it?"

"I...I see...that girl...the one that looks like me, the mistress…! She's...trying to get to him...he's...crying…?"

The images suddenly faded away, and Margo began to panic, "NO! What...what was that…?! What's going to happen…?! Please Zersa!"

The woman shook her head, "The ball only shows what you must know. No more than that."

Margo looked down at her tea, "...I think...I know...what I have to do…"

It had been months after Kelvin had given out on Shadic, and he was quickly growing bored, "Let's see...what else are you hiding…? Ah, that hedgehog...not only attacked your father, kept your girl from you, but stole the one that had stolen your heart to begin with. Perfect."

Shadic made haste, and set off.

Shadow meanwhile, was out in the forest with his adopted son, Talon. He was showing him the lake where he had proposed to his wife.

"Ew! Love is ga-ross!" Talon commented just listening to the story.

"You might think so now, but you might not when you get older," he said, chuckling.

Talon just rolled his eyes. Suddenly, Shadow's ears flicked up, and he told Talon to stay put. Slowly, he approached a bush he was sure he heard the noise coming from.

Talon himself was rather uneasy, and suddenly shouted after his father, "NU WAIT!"

It was too late, Shadow fell over, seemingly dizzy, and Talon quickly ran up. "Go...get...help...go...find...your mother…!" Shadow said before he passed out.

Talon did as told, and ran off. Meanwhile, Shadic emerged from the shadows, holding a syringe, "Heh heh. We meet again, hedgehog."

When Shadow came to, he was tied up by his wrists and ankles. He noticed he was in a dark room, that's when he remembered seeing Shadic last before passing out.

He growled, "That son of a bitch…!"

Soon, Shadic came down the steps and right up to the enraged hedgehog, "Hello Shadz. Miss me? I missed you."

"You sick bastard. You won't get away with this! And there's no way you'll reach my family either! My wife and my boy are both smart, you'll never catch them!"

Shadic rolled his eyes, "I'm not after your stupid brat or your whore of a wife. I'm after you. If I wanted your boy I would've grabbed him while he was most vulnerable. Right at your feet."

"What do you want with me?" Shadow hissed.

"I hate you. You stole her heart from my grasp, and I hate you for it. Sure, I settled with your...daughter…!" he said, seeming to cringe at even mentioning his former wife.

"But I never really wanted her anyways. But you do seem to have a thing for me don't you? I remember every bit of that night. And I let you do that to me. It wasn't a moment of passion, I wanted you to make a fool of yourself."

Shadow growled even more, "I KNEW I NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED YOU. I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU."

"Aww, did I huwt your feewings Shaddy-waddy?" Shadic said, mockingly.

"You're nothing but a traitorous bastard!"

"Oh now I'm hurt Shadow, why would you say something like that to me?" Shadic pretended to sniffle, mocking his friend.

"I will kill you after what you've done! I bet you're the reason Margona's dead!"

Shadic's eyes widened, and his eyes became halfway blue, "I DID NOT LAY A HAND ON HER AND YOU KNOW IT! HOW DARE YOU TRY AND ACCUSE ME?!"

Shadow growled once more, "I have no reason to believe anything you say anymore."

Shadic's eyes reverted back to red, "Believe what you want hedgehog. You will be dead soon, leaving the whore for me and me alone."

Shadic's stomach suddenly growled, "Damn. Freaking rabbit wasn't enough. I'll be back my pet, just stay put like a good boy."

And with that, Shadic left. Shadow however, began trying to look for weak spots in his ties. He always believed Shadic was stupid, then he found that his wrists were tied up with a bandanna.

He smirked, noticing it was loose, and almost laughed. He pulled until it came loose and untied his feet. He eventually got down to the floor.

However, he could hear more footsteps than just what you would hear if one person were in the house. He began to panic, thinking Shadic had "friends" keeping watch.

However, Shadow went up the stairs and gently pushed the door open. He noticed a small girl was hiding under the table. She seemed familiar.

The girl looked up, and whispered, "There's a maniac in here…! You gotta get out…!"

"I know. Did he leave?"

"I think...I heard a door open...it might just be my friend though."

"Friend? There's more of you?"

"Just two. We were just looking for shelter! It's raining!"

"Well, the rain would be much less of a threat to you at this point!"

"Fine. But...do you know how to get to a place called the Vampire Kingdom?"

"Yeah. I'll take you there later, but right now we need to leave."

"Got it!"

Just then they heard a door slam and Shadow quickly panicked and dragged the girl farther up the steps to what looked like a bedroom.

He shoved her inside a closet and hoped like hell that she would remain hidden as he ran back down the steps and back to where he started. making it look like he had remained tied up.

Shadic came down to the basement with a large rabbit in his hand and set it down before sitting in front of Shadow.

"I never really did understand why Tailsica fell for you, after all I saved her from my father beating her to death countless times," Shadic said before beginning to cut off the skin of the rabbit.

"Grr…"

"Do you want some rabbit Shadow? I'm sure you're hungry after a long day."

"No thank you," Shadow growled.

"Very well then, more for me," Shadic stated as he cut off a slice of the rabbit meat and ate it raw.

Shadow could have vomited at the sight, it was disgusting to eat raw meat.

However, he was distracted by another figure in the darkness of the room. It also looked quite familiar. Suddenly, Shadic fell to the floor as he was kicked in the face.

Margo stepped out of the darkness, and glared down at him, wings spread out, "DEMON CHILD! WHY ARE YOU INVADING THIS BODY?!"

"H-How can you see me?!" Shadic said, seeming nervous all the sudden and his voice sounding almost like a teenager.

Perrywinkle came out of the darkness as well, untying Shadow again and leading him upstairs.

"WHO IS YOUR MASTER BOY?!"

"I-I don't have one!"

Margo pressed a claw against his throat, "WHO IS HE?!"

Shadic screamed, though it cracked, "A-Andy and Riku! Th-They set me up! I was only supposed to be here temporarily! It was Shadic that let me take full control!"

"SO YOU TOYED WITH HIS PAST AND INVOLVED YOURSELF WITH HIS ENEMIES?! I SHOULD KILL YOU!"

"P-Please spare me! I just needed a body! And I've been so bored sitting in that void he calls a mind! Please!"

"WHY HAS THIS BODY GIVEN UP?!"

"I-I donno! I could care less about his life! I gotta look out for my own!"

"CONSIDER THIS A WARNING IMPERTINENT CHILD. I WILL BE BACK IF YOU CAPTURE ANYONE ELSE. UNDERSTAND?"

"I-I swear I wont! I-I'll even come with you so you can keep an eye on me! I won't capture anyone again!"

"I SHALL NOT TAKE YOU. YOU DESERVE TO ROT IN THIS HELL YOU HAVE CREATED!"

"I-I-I…" Shadic's voice trailed off as tears started to fall down his face and he began to hyperventilate.

He was on the edge of a panic attack, and Shadow could see it.

"Shadic!" Shadow yelled and quickly went to the panicking man and grabbed his shoulders, "Widow Sweet! Widow Sweet!"

Shadic's eyes locked on Shadow's eyes for a long moment before his eyes turned blue and seemed to widen in surprise.

"Shadow..?" Shadic's voice sounded different now, almost like his old self, "Where… Am I?"

Shadow tried to answer but Shadic passed out, his body seeming to go into a minor shock as he gained full control back to his body.

Shadow scowled, "...Hmph…" He turned his back, and he and Margo traversed up the stairs, but didn't notice Perrywinkle stay back.

She stared at the unconscious man, finally recognizing him, "...You...you're…"

Suddenly, Shadic's eyes snapped open, and he sweeped his leg to trip the distracted girl. She fell, and before she could get her bearings, he grabbed her ears.

She screamed out, but Margo and Shadow were a far ways from her by that point, still not noticing their missing party.

However, once the two reached the village, Margo finally noticed her friend was missing, "Perry? Perry?! Where is she?!"

Shadow tried desperately to calm her down, but to no avail. He eventually was forced to resort to knocking her out.

Margo woke up, only to find she was in a rather torn up bed. She got up, and began walking around. She noticed all the furniture was torn as the bed was, pictures and posters were even on the floor.

Glass cracked or completely broken, and even some knick knacks broken or damaged as well. The sight made her sad. She stepped on one of the broken frames and gasped.

She looked down, and saw the exact same photo she had all these years. She knew this was the place she had been searching for, for so long.

She left the room, only to find much of the same condition in the hall. She gently ran her fingers against the photos that still hung desperately from the walls.

But it was just one room that caught her attention, that had no major damage as the rest of the home did. It seemed to be a girl's room. She walked in, but didn't find much.

She then made her way downstairs, only to see a girl that looked just as old as Perrywinkle sitting on the floor. Though she had been carefully quiet, using her wings as not to alert anyone in the home, the girl seemed to speak as though she knew she was there.

"I've had nothing but pure hatred for him ever since he left me. I never hated him like that before...Some would say we were best friends really…"

Margo decided to take her chances, and spoke up, "Y-You...you're the baby from that photo...wh-where is this place…?"

"Whatever is left of my home after my father destroyed all of it. I guess this means you've been looking for him too?"

"So...If he's your father...then...am I-"

"No."

"Wh-What?"

The girl stood up, and finally turned to look at her. Her hair was a mess, all tangled, and her eyes were baggy and drenched in shadow.

She had a nasty glare on her face, "You aren't my mother. You will never be my mother. And the only reason you're here right now, is because I'm more compassionate than I appear."

Margo looked down, trying hard not to cry, "I wish I never tried to look for myself. This is horrible. Or is it…? No…! No…! Those visions, these conditions…! The fact that I am a black blood…! I am the end of this place!"

Paula growled, "GET OUT. GET OUT AND NEVER COME BACK!"

Margo finally let tears run down her face, and she flew quickly out the open front door. She finally stopped in the middle of town. It was night, and it seemed no one was around.

She sobbed, and suddenly her ears flicked up. She turned and growled, "Go away! I hate you! It's your fault I'm like this!"

Andy stepped out of the shadows of an alleyway just beside her, "Aww, c'mon Margo. I thought we were friends."

"Go...away…! I told you…! It's your fault I'm like this…! I would never wanna be friends with you, you...you...ASSHOLE!"

"Aww Margo, you hurt my feelings, after all, I am the one who gave you life," Andy smirked.

"You created me as a black blood, you made me have constant nightmares, I HATE YOU! GO AWAY!" Margo growled.

Andy's smirk turned into a frown and he glared at Margo, "And if I don't?"

Margo let out a shriek and lunged at Andy, who's body got consumed by black flames and split apart to dodge the attack.

The flames went back together and quickly disappeared as Andy glared at Margo's wings.

"I never wanted you as a black blood, I was hoping for a mindless drone, but seeing as you have a mind of your own, I guess it works all the same." Andy growled and grabbed one of Margo's wings.

"LET GO OF ME!"

"Giving you the nightmares was supposed to reduce your sanity, much like I did with Shadic before the demon took control of him. But no. You are stronger willed than that little WHORE." Andy gave Margo's wing a hard yank, and he heard a pop as it got dislocated and caused Margo to scream.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Margo got her wing out of Andy's grip and threw a wild punch.

Her fist connected to the side of Andy's face and his body jerked with the energy behind it.

They stayed still for a long moment in the same position, and slowly, Andy began to chuckle madly.

"You just sealed this kingdom's fate little girl," Andy's voice sounded crazy, all sanity lost, "And you can watch as this kingdom burns in the fires of Hell."

Andy's body got consumed once more into flames and the flames disappeared with Andy, no where to be seen. Margo gasped in fear, but knew that she couldn't stop Andy in the state he was in now.

She needed help. But her wing began to bleed quickly, and she found herself becoming dizzy. She fell over, and saw two blurry figures, feeling so overcome with distraught, she practically let herself fall unconscious.

Meanwhile, Shadic was sitting in front of Perrywinkle, having stopped attacking when he saw her face and is now just staring at her, a bit grumpy because she managed to get his knife, but tolerating it.

Perrywinkle had taken up a temporary therapist, instantly seeing that Shadic's eyes were red again and the demon child was back in control.

"So, why did you take control of his body again?"

"I kinda… Woke up in this body, it was a slight panic what I did at first, having no clue where I was."

"I see. I never did get your name by the way."

"Well, I'm not Shadic so I can't exactly go by that. Before this body, I was called Jeffory, Jeff for short."

"I see," Perry nodded and twiddled with the knife a moment, "But why kill?"

"Well... I honestly have no reason for that, it's just been fun," Jeff shrugged.

"And I see that with your knife in my hands, you've been on edge."

"I like my knife. Can I have it back?" Jeff reached for the knife but Perry held it away from him.

"Ah ah ah! No knife." Perry said.

"FINE." Jeff growled and sat back with his hands in his hoodie pocket and sighed, "By the way, it seems this body has some memories about you, but as a baby. I'm not sure why."

"We'll figure it out soon. Right now, I wanna know exactly why you would eat a raw rabbit."

"I never ate a raw rabbit!" Jeff cried in defense, but Perry pointed at the rabbit that was left out and had a missing chunk of it, "Oh. That rabbit."

Just then the door slammed open and in came Shadow. He seemed very mad. And he glared right at Jeff.

"You kidnapped this girl, right after you said you would stop!" He growled.

"What? No! No I didn't! She's been free to leave sin-" Jeff didn't finish his sentence as Shadow tackled him down.

Jeff screamed like a girl and tried his best to get away from Shadow, but with the male being older, and with more weight than Jeff, he was no match.

"Grandpa stop!" Perrywinkle suddenly shouted.

Shadow's ears perked up, "...That's not funny."

"I'm being serious! I never told you why I came here, I came here to find my father! And what I've found may not be what I was expecting, but I needed to make sure he wasn't actually crazy!"

"You realize your friend was worried sick?"

"...Where is she…?"

"I dropped her off with Paula. It took some convincing."

"Who?"

"YOU IDIOT!" Jeff suddenly screamed.

Shadow scowled, "You're in no position to insult me FILTH BLOOD."

"Enough with your nonsensical words man! Paula is highly unstable! I would know! I see how Andy toys with this body's mind! Do you have any idea what she's become?!"

"Who is Paula?" Perry asked.

Shadow scoffed, "You say that like you know her."

"Technically I do. I've seen enough to know exactly who she is."

"Alright fine, she hates her father. So what? I left Margo there."

"All the more reason why that was a bad idea!"

"QUIET!" Perrywinkle suddenly screamed, and both men looked up, "WHO...THE FUCK...IS PAULA?!"

"...Oh...right...you said you were...the 'other' daughter."

"'Other?!' What do you-" that's when Perrywinkle remembered she wasn't the only baby in the photo Margo had.

"...I have...a sister…?"

"Who just might wanna hurt your friend yes," Jeff said.

"..." Perrywinkle's eye twitched, and suddenly she pounced on Jeff, attempting to choke him, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT YOU FUCKING DUMB ASS?!"

"I DIDN'T KNOW I CAN'T SEE ALL HIS MEMORIES!" Jeff cried, struggling to keep Perry's hands away from his neck.

"YOU SAID YOU KNOW HER ASSHOLE! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

"LET...GO...PLEASE…!"

Perrywinkle sighed, and finally let go, letting Jeffrey breathe.

After a while, he spoke up, "Technically, since I came across this body when it was younger, I had been sent back in time."

"What?"

"I knew Paula. I knew those sick bastards that always tormented her. I was going to kill them, I had my own bone to pick with them anyways."

"That still doesn't answer my question."

"If you would let me finish…! We got into an arguement...I ran off, but I came upon a man of black flame. He went by Riku. Long story short, I got my legs ripped off and sent back in time. Conveniently so I came across the body of the father."

"You...are a maniac…!"

"No. I am a legless child. Teenager really. I just have a lust for murder," he said with a smirk.

Shadow rolled his eyes, "Whatever. Again, I want to know how Paula hating her father will be harmful to Margo. She agreed to take her in as I anticipated."

Jeff shook his head, "It's an act. She knows better. She's smart, she's angry, and she's depressed. When this body let me take control I was confused, but more or less glad. But the last thing I wanted to do was ruin her."

"And why specifically people he had something against?"

"I thought I'd at least do him a favor. After all, I feel pitiful that Andy is torturing him. So I began searching through any memories I could get to in order to find his vices."

"Wait! Wait, is this Andy person… This man?" Perry pulled out a different picture in her bag showing the photo was of Shadic in a one armed hug with Andy.

"Yes. As far as I know." Jeff said.

"What is the deal with him? Why is he doing this to Shadic?"

Jeffory laughed, "Oh...pure envy, foolish girl. Such a powerful thing. You know that friend of yours? She's just a fucking copy. Her past self was a fool. She ignored Andy's feelings, and chased after this body."

"...So that's why...He's been talking to her…"

"Hm?"

"Nothing. But where is he getting these powers?"

"Riku himself. They made a deal long ago, and it remains unbroken today. It will take a lot to get Andy to come to his senses, and I don't think it's possible at this point."

"What do you mean 'not possible'?" Shadow asked.

"I mean that Andy has been with Riku for a very long time, and if i remember right, the longer you're with that demon, the more hold he has on you."

"Is there any way to get him free?" Perry questioned.

"Honestly, I don't know. I just… I can't remember anything I read that might help us before getting into this body."

"Who says you're gonna help?" Shadow growled.

"Just so you know Shadow, if you dont shut up, I have more knock out stuff in my pocket here. I won't hesitate to stick you with this drug."

"I still hate you for that."

"Yeah yeah." Jeff sighed, "Anyways, I think it's just best we find your friend and get her outta-" He didn't finish his sentence as he suddenly got a massive headache and held his head.

"Jeff? Jeff what's wrong?!" Perry yelped.

"Damn this body… He's deciding to fight back now? When I'm trying to help?!"

"What's goin' on?" Shadow was surprised at the sudden change in Jeff just as much as Perry was.

Jeff continued to hold his head for a long moment before he finally sighed and let go, "Don't worry… Shadic's strength has weakened since being tortured by Andy.. Let's.. Let's just go find your friend Perrywinkle. Before something bad happens."

"Uh… Jeff?" Shadow said.

"What?"

"Your eyes and nose are bleeding right now."

"Huh?" Jeff wiped at his cheeks and saw that what Shadow said was true, but he just quickly wiped off as much of the blood as he could.

"What the hell was that about?!" Shadow questioned.

"Shadic's will must be stronger than I thought, he's basically punching the… Walls of his little void he's been in," Jeff explained, "It hurts his body but he's trying to gain full control back, not temporary full control."

"Then give it back to him! You already said you don't want to harm Paula! Do it!" Perrywinkle shouted.

"I can't. He's just as unstable as your sister. His emotions are off the charts. I cannot allow him full access till he realises that Andy is under demonic influence."

"So...there's really nothing we can do for him?"

"Not at this moment. No."

"... Let's go then." Shadow said.

Jeff nodded and stood up. Shadow and Perrywinkle did the same and they left the crumbling cabin.

Margo woke up, but didn't recognize the area she was in. She looked around, only seeing expensive looking furniture and knick knacks.

She stood up, and opened the door. Peeking out, she noticed the hallway was long and tall. Almost intimidating in it's own right.

She began walking down to the left and only became even more lost and confused. Eventually she bumped into a woman. She looked nervous, but also sad.

She had orange fur, curly hair and red eyes. She wore a dirtied brown cloak, and was clearly a wolf. She stood up, as well as Margo did and ran past her, seeming in a hurry.

Margo shrugged, and kept walking. Though she could've sworn she saw a glimmer of green out of the corner of her as the woman passed by.

Eventually she found a large door. Upon opening there was a pathway that lead to a tall and large gate. She pushed it open, and found herself in the village.

It was night once again, and she knew it could've been a matter of days since she fainted. She looked up, and saw an all too familiar figure standing atop the roof of one of the houses.

The figure appeared to be holding a lit match. She let her eyes wander downwards, and saw a large pile of hay straws.

She gasped, her wings spreading out, and looked back up. The figure let go of the match letting it fall onto the pile. Just as expected, it burst into flame, and quickly spread.

It wasn't long before the quiet air of the night was filled with screams. Not only of those burning in the unforgiving flame, but soon those trying to escape it.

Margo watched in horror, and seemed to break down. She curled into a ball, and black tentacles began slithering towards her.

"MARGO!"

She looked up, and saw Perrywinkle. She seemed to snap back to reality. She stood up, and began to cry and she ran up and hugged her friend tightly.

Perrywinkle forced her off however, "Margo! I should've listened! I knew there was a reason I only saw fire in my visions! But I didn't want to believe it was connected to-"

"I-It's okay Perry. I saw him. But he's gone, I just watched him do it. I-I didn't stop it!" Margo cried between sniffles.

"'Course you didn't." A voice said.

Margo looked and saw Shadic come up with Shadow, his hands in his pockets to show he meant no harm.

"Why are you here?!" Margo couldn't help but to growl.

"First off, You didn't take my knife to let me calm down, Perry here did. Second off, I think I know where Andy is."

"Where?!"

Jeff nodded his head to the castle, "That's the best place to watch the kingdom. Top floor. He can watch this place burn."

Margo grabbed Jeff by his hoodie and pulled him close in pure rage, "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT FIRST?!"

"Hey don't hate the legless teenager inside a sex crazed lunatic's body." Jeff said defiantly.

Margo ran off quickly before anyone can react. Jeff held his hands behind his head and turned to walk away, but only got a few steps away before his hood got grabbed by Shadow.

"Don't even think about walking away now. You're helping your damned mess with Paula." Shadow growled.

"I ain't coming quietly if that is what you're thinking." Jeff growled.

"Then I'll rip off you legs again if you ever get a new body of your own."

"Okay I'll come quietly," Jeff yelped and he was drug away by Shadow.

Margo meanwhile was running faster than she ever had in her life. She used his scent as a means to track him, since she hadn't been in this place before.

Eventually she seemed to reach him, only to find he wasn't there. "What? This doesn't make sense! I thought for sure that I-"

"Making sense? What fun is there in making sense?"

Margo growled, and looked up. Andy was practically hanging upside down from the ceiling. Only his feet were placed firmly down as if it were a floor.

"I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch!"

"Don't act like you care. You said it yourself, you let this happen. You let me out of your grasp."

"I won't make that mistake again. You'll die here and you'll die now," she hissed back at him acidly.

"Hmph, even a black blood cannot stop me. You are worthless, trashy, disgusting, from the gutter, low life scum. Go cry to your boyfriend, and stop pretending to be someone you're not."

Margo scowled, "You're a coward. You hide behind words like you're threatening. But you're not. You're just a petty little girl. I know exactly why you're doing this."

"Oh? Then you should know that you're nothing but a whore. Just like your past self."

"No. I am not. I do not care for him or you. I only care for my friends. And you have hurt them. You have done nothing but torture me, and now I'm going to return the favor."

"Then prepare to die, stupid filth blood," Andy sneered.

Margo screamed out in rage, and lunged at Andy, tackling him through the window.

Andy let out a yell of rage and looked at the ground as it quickly came to them. His body burst into black flames and he slid to where he was a few feet above Margo before the flames vanished.

"I WILL NOT DIE!" Andy yelled.

He burst into flames again and Margo saw him shoot to the roof of the castle. Her wings flew open and she quickly flew after him.

"I WILL KILL YOU!" She screamed.

Andy landed on the roof of the castle and the flames faded away, he looked down to Margo but he didn't see her, so he thought he was safe.

That only lasted a moment as he was suddenly slammed into from the side, he let out a screech of pure anger and fear as he felt fists connect to his face and body

"GET OFF ME!" He screamed.

Margo smirked, "Gladly," She hissed and slammed her fist against Andy's face.

The force threw him forward and he slammed into a wall, causing it to crack from the force. He slid down the wall, seeming unconscious for the moment.

Then he slowly moved and wiped the blood coming out of his nose.

"Huh... It's been a long time since I've bled." Andy chuckled, "OH How I've MISSED that feeling!"

"Good. Because there'll be a lot of it comin' up soon!" Margo growled.

"From you maybe."

"I don't think you wanna make that bet, Riku." She said.

"What?"

"Oh please Andy, I can tell when it's not you. Stay out of my affairs."

"Or WHAT?" Andy hissed.

"Or I'm sure you'll find even demons can die," she hissed back, lunging forward once more.

While this was all happening, Shadow, Perrywinkle, and Jeff were all making their way to Paula. She herself had been aware of the event, but gave no orders.

She had seemed to have given up hope, and had no life left in her eyes. Though not physically, she was dead in her own mind.

The trio finally stepped into the torn up home, and searched it. However, once they did, it wasn't a pretty sight.

Jeffory had come across an open door, and saw that Paula was sitting in the middle of the room. He also took note of the smashed possessions and furniture.

"G-Guys? I found her!" he said. But no one came.

He sighed, and knew he had to face his mistake on his own. He inched slowly, and carefully towards the broken girl.

He reached out a hand once he was close enough, "...Paula?"

Without warning, she turned and lunged at him trying to get her hands around his neck. Jeff screamed like a little girl.

She began screaming at him, only making sense once he actually started listening, "HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE HERE, YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH! I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR LEAVING ME HERE!"

Jeff knew she was near insanity, and thought hard.

"No tag backs!" He yelped.

Paula seemed to snap out of it for a moment, "Wh-Wha?"

"N-No tag backs...need a second...to hide…!"

Paula blinked, and one of her eyes twitched, "...J...Jeff…?"

"S-Surprise?" he said, nervously.

Paula suddenly passed out, falling to her side. It was only then Jeff found that Shadow and Perrywinkle were watching the whole time.

"OH GEEZ. THANKS FOR THE HELP, ASSHOLES!"

"I wanted to see where it went," Shadow said with a shrug.

"SHE COULDA KILLED ME!"

"She didn't did she?"

"IT DOESN'T MATTER! THIS BODY AND I COULD HAVE BOTH DIED!"

"Enough you two," Perry interrupted, "We have more pressing matters to attend to, what do we need to do with Paula?"

"Hell if I know, she just fainted." Jeff said.

"Let's wake her up then." Shadow suggested.

"I'd rather not have my ass handed to me by a girl again thanks."

"It's clear that little stunt you pulled worked. But...I have never seen so much hatred in someone's eyes."

Jeff sighed, "Dammit. I didn't wanna turn her into this. I didn't even think about it."

"It's just like my wife...only worse. It seems she's turned down the same path as her father."

"I think I know a way to get her to snap to reality."

Jeff and Shadow both looked up at Perrywinkle, who was staring at Paula's unconscious figure.

"I can get inside her mind. I can talk her down. If it's not too late…"

"Then do it. If it's really what you think will help her."

Perrywinkle stepped forward, and her eyes glowed a pure white. Her hair and ears seemed to float upwards, as if a wind were blowing them.

She found herself in a blackness, small white cracks here and there. In the middle she saw Paula, just as decrepit as she was before.

Perrywinkle noticed a dark blue shadowy-goopy like creature near Paula. It had red eyes, and seemed to be forming off of Paula.

Perrywinkle walked up to Paula, and finally spoke up, "Of all the people I have met on my journey, you are truly the most pitiful."

"...What does it matter…? He will burn us all, and nothing will be left of this place…"

"You do not understand Paula. It wasn't yo- ...our father that night. Surely after your conscious memories you know it's Jeffory?"

"...I've hated him for years...I never let myself feel any pity, or sadness, or even happiness. Just anger. I turned into a monster...I turned into my own father…!"

"But you are not. There is still a chance sister, wake up. Wake up and realize what is fantasy and what is reality!"

"..."

Perrywinkle suddenly felt the area shake, and finally, the cracks burst. Whiteness covered the black, and the creature of shadow was wiped out.

Paula stood up, but Perrywinkle noticed she looked so much younger. Almost like a toddler. Her fur was cleaner, and her eyes glittered brightly with happiness.

Eventually, Perrywinkle found herself back in the torn up bedroom, Paula still lying unconscious on the floor. The girl began to stir.

"Nn...wha…?" Paula murmured.

Perrywinkle's eyes reverted back to normal, and she appeared to be dizzy. She fell over, only to have Jeff catch her.

Paula sat up, and looked up at her visitors, "Grandpa…? And…"

Paula froze, as a deer would in headlights, "P...Papi…?"

Jeff suddenly dropped Perrywinkle as he held his head again, "Fuck…! What the hell is he…?!"

Shadow grabbed Perrywinkle before she hit the floor, and smacked Jeff, "Knock it off moron!"

"Well ex-cuse me if he's fighting my hold!" Jeff snapped.

Jeff, still rubbing his head, then helped Paula up. She listened patiently as they explained the whole situation to her, and by the end of it, she was in panic.

"This is terrible! I must issue an order this instant! How could I have been so blind?!"

"Do not blame yourself sister. And I wouldn't worry too much. We've got a friend handling Andy face-to-face."

"Jeffory, can my father hear me?"

"Yes. But it wouldn't be wise to speak to him right now. Like I said, he's really unstable."

"Oh...okay…"

"It's alright Paula. I'm sure once this all blows over, he'll come around."

"For now, lets see how Margo is holding up," Perry said.

Jeff nodded and held his head as another headache came around, only this time causing his nose to bleed a bit.

"I swear once he stops fighting I'm gonna punch him." Jeff growled under his breath, but shook his head and wiped away the blood, "Perry I'm gonna need Mr. Stabby."

"Why do you need the knife?"

"Either that or this body dies in battle, I have no clue how to defend myself without a weapon."

"... Fine, but don't run off understand?" Perry said.

"Yeah yeah just hand him over." Jeff held out his hand and Perrywinkle placed the knife she had took from him into his hand.

"Good, now let's go," Jeff said.

"Who made you leader?" Shadow growled.

One of Jeff's eyes turned blue and he suddenly sounded halfway like Shadic, "Says the man that can shove a foot up your ass if you piss him off. Now LETS GO." His eyes turned to red again.

There was nothing but the sound of screaming, and crashing. The crashing from the constant banging and shoving and blows to each other that Margo and Andy had been giving out the whole time.

Margo finally seemed to have enough, and screeched. She slammed Andy down to the ground, and leaped backwards.

"When will you learn?"

"SHUT UP," she hissed, her voice suddenly sounding much different. Older even.

Andy's ears perked up, and his eyes widened at the all-too-familiar voice.

However, her next words were hissed halfway between both the older voice and her own, "I HATE YOU. YOU HAVE CURSED ME WITH THESE WINGS. YOU HAVE TORTURED ME IN MY DREAMS. YOU HAVE HURT MY FRIENDS."

Andy backed away as she began walking towards him, "YOU LIED TO ME. YOU LIED TO MY HUSBAND AND MY CHILDREN. WHERE WERE YOU ANDY? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS MOURNING YOU? WHEN I WAS TRYING FRUITLESSLY TO CONVINCE MY HUSBAND I WOULD NOT DIE?!"

"I...I…" Andy whimpered.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU HAVE NO ROOM TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER! I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!" she screamed, tears in her eyes.

Andy seemed very afraid of Margo, but his fear suddenly turned into pain as he felt as if his body was being ripped to shreds.

He let out a scream of pure agony and held his head as he fell to his knees. Margo was startled with confusion for a moment till she saw a black form tearing itself away from Andy's body.

"AGGHHHH!" Andy screamed, "STOP IT! IT HURTS!"

Finally the black form tore away from Andy with an audible ripping sound before quickly slithering away before anyone could react.

Andy's hands fell to the ground and he held himself up for the moment, shaking in fear and pain, seeming unable to understand what was happening.

Suddenly he started to cough and hack, and finally vomited out a black liquid before falling to his side and passing out.

He awoke in a torn up bed. He held his head, which was aching horribly, and turned to see Paula. At first, having just woken up, he said, "Oh hey Paula."

Then the reality of his situation sunk in, and he found himself fully awake. He swung his head around, colliding with Paula's.

They both groaned in pain and held their heads. After a while they settled, and Andy looked up again.

Paula smiled nervously, "H-Hey Uncle."

"Paula...you're...you're taller...and you have…"

"Y-Yeah um...I have a lot to explain to you. You've...been gone for about...umm...thirteen years?"

Andy's eye twitched, "...Th-That...I just saw you guys yesterday that can't...but you're so much older…!"

Suddenly, Andy's ears flicked up, and he slowly turned to look at her, "Where's Margo…?"

Paula's nervous smile, turned into a frown, and she looked away. Tears formed in her eyes, and she finally spoke, "M-Mom is...she…"

Andy's face became filled with fear, "...N-No that...that can't be right…!"

"B-By the lake uncle…! She's by the lake…!" Paula said between sobs.

Though he could see Paula was not joking, he got up, and rushed out the door. He made his way into the forest, and to the lake as Paula had said.

Her words were true, a gravestone lay close to the edge of the water. Margo's named was engraved in it, as well as a few other words.

"No… No that can't be right…" Andy whispered as his hand covered his mouth and tears fell down his face, "Margo... No..."

Andy seemed to break down, and he slumped over. He sat there for what seemed like hours, before a sound caused his ears to shoot up in instinct.

A squeak was heard, and he turned around, "Wh-Who's there…?!"

A familiar set of eyes peeked from behind a tree, and Andy couldn't help but to smile, "M-Margo?!"

"...No...I'm not her…" the girl whimpered.

His smile fell again, "Th-Then who...Who are you?"

"You created me. Don't you remember?"

"No...I don't…"

"So...you...don't remember anything that happened either…?"

"I'm not sure. What are you talking about exactly?"

"Try and think back to about thirteen years ago."

Andy thought, and thought, then finally it came to him, "That demon…! He trapped me…! Aw, dammit I can't believe I fell for his lies…!"

Margo just waited and stared as he continued to talk to himself. Eventually he stopped, and turned his gaze to her, "You...I injected...no Riku injected his DNA into you and made you from a blood sample."

"Yes. And I...freed...you."

"...Thank you so much for freeing me… I shouldn't have fallen for his lies..."

"It's…It's no problem," She said.

Andy stayed quiet for a long time before he smiled softly, "Would you like to sit with me...?" He asked.

"Y...You're not afraid of me..?"

"No. I've seen a lot of things in my life...I won't be scared of a black blood, besides you seem sweet."

Margo stayed still for a moment before she went over to Andy and sat down next to him. She felt awkward to say the least, but he seemed alright.

"How long was I out once you freed me?" Andy asked.

"About three days. It seemed like you hadn't eaten well for a long time so we spoon fed you soup while you were out of it."

"Ah. I see," Andy said, but then he added, "As long as I didn't talk in my sleep."

"You said funny things."

"Shit. What did I say?" Andy's voice turned into a bit higher tone, he was a bit embarrassed.

"You said something about rainbows and unicorns the first day, the second day you were talking about… Um.. Being tied up and bleeding, I'm not sure about that, and yesterday you were just naming off foods."

"Oh. Okay." Andy could feel his ears burning from embarrassment, but he choose not to explain the bleeding and tied up thing.

They stayed quiet for a long time, and Margo noticed that Andy kept glancing at her wings.

"Why are you looking at them?" She asked.

"I-I don't mean to be rude! I swear! I just…May I feel your wings really fast? I've never seen anyone with wings. Even Tailsica keeps hers hidden pretty well so you can't tell!"

"Oh. Sure?" Margo opened up one of her wings and Andy gently grabbed it before slowly examining the wings.

"These are strange, it makes me wonder if your bones are lightweight so you can fly around, but that might also make it to where you can easily break your bones as well,"

Andy was more curious of Margo's wings that he didn't realize Margo was blushing furiously while he poked and prodded at her wings.

Her other wing even opened up, and she stopped paying attention to his words. She seemed lost in herself.

Eventually Andy noticed, and stopped touching her wings. They immediately closed, and she shuddered, "Mm…! I hate these stupid things…!"

"Um...are you okay…?"

"I don't...know...I feel weird…!" she admitted, still blushing.

Andy blushed, realising why she was acting like this, "O-Oh. Um...I won't do that then."

"It's okay. It's never happened before. Anyways, I'd like to apologise for what I said to you."

"Oh...Th-That's okay...you were pretty mad, and rightfully so."

"I just wanted to ask...if maybe...to make it up to you, we could...maybe be friends?" she said, a shy smile on her face.

Andy's ears perked up a bit and he stayed quiet for a moment before smiling and giving Margo a tight hug, and he sounded full on gay when he spoke, "Hon, you got yourself a deal!"